Labour pledges a “war on waste“ in the NHS | Wes Streeting in-depth interview

IS Wes Streeting ready to be the most unpopular man in the Labour Party? Because the Shadow Health Secretary is on a collision course with the unions and massive NHS bureaucracy with a stark warning of “get rid of stupid stuff”. With Labour’s constant boast to be the party of the NHS, he knows he’s going to take fire if - as all the polls indicate - he will be in charge of its 1.3 million staff by the end of the year. Fresh from a tour of Australia and the Far East looking at how other healthcare systems work, he says there are more ways to get improvement than simply shouting about privatisation. In this exclusive interview, Sun Political Editor Harry Cole interrogates Labour’s plans for the NHS. Read more: The Sun delivers breaking news, latest gossip and incredible exclusives around the world with hubs in Londo